See the Woman, by Mari Boine

See the Woman

by Mari Boine

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1.	Today Starts Now 05:15	lyrics	buy track
Where does time find you in the morning left behind you See those footprints See those footprints in the sand Well I see those footprints I see those footprints in the sand. Heard you came by this path Stayed a while had a little laugh Well don’t you find that don’t you find that life is grand And I see those footprints I see those footprints in the sand. Well that’s the way the way to play it If life is a dream no need to wake it Yesterday is gone Today starts now Yesterday is gone and today starts now With the clouds you drift by Happy blue own piece of cloud Find your dreams and set them free Find your dreams and set them free Down to earth just for the day Sit by the fire then on your way And never take nothing no one can see Never take nothing no one can see Well that’s the way the way to play it If life is a dream no need to wake it Yesterday is gone today starts now Yesterday is gone and today starts now.
2.	Chasing Myself Into Reality 06:11	lyrics	buy track
Holding on to little more than I can carry Freedom kissed me in the wind The rain smiled at me when I thought I needed someone to hold Ancient ones sighed softly calling through the worlds To be living means we are not alone Running into life is not the same as running running away I’ve been living alone so long running alone is easy running through a fantasy Holding on to little more than I can carry Freedom kissed me in the wind The rain smiled at me when I thought I needed someone to hold The rain smiled at me Ancient ones sighed softly calling through worlds To be living means we are not alone Running into life is not the same as running running away I’ve been living alone so long running alone is easy running through a fantasy Chasing myself into reality looking for what is clear to see looking for what is clear to see looking for what is clear to see
3.	See the Woman 04:51	lyrics	buy track
She has a young face an old face a young face She carries herself well in all ages She survives all man has done In some tribes she is free In some religions she is under man In some societies she’s worth what she consumes In some nations she is delicate strength In some states she is told she is weak In some classes she is property owned In all instances she is sister to earth In all conditions she is life bringer In all life she is our necessity See the woman eyes flowers swaying On scattered hills sundancing calling in the bees See the woman heart lavender butterflies Fronting blue sky Misty rain falling on soft wild roses In some societies she’s worth what she consumes In some nations she is delicate strength In some states she is told she is weak In some classes she is property owned See the woman beauty lightning streaking dark summer nights Forests of pines mating with new winter snow See the woman spirit daily serving courage with laughter Her breath a dream her breath a dream and a prayer
4.	Some Say I Got Devil 06:45	lyrics	buy track
Some say I got devil some say I got angel But I’m just a girl in trouble I dont think I’m in danger No I’m not in danger I know I’m not in danger Some have tried to sell me all kinds of things to save me from hurting like a woman and crying like a baby Something like a woman crying like a baby And all the things that I have seen qualify me for a part in your dream qualify me for this dream And though I’d like to tell exactly how I feel it Somehow the music hides it and conceals it hides it and conceals oh it hides And all the things that I have seen can be hidden in a part of my dream Gonna hide it in my dream Some say I’ve got devil and some say I got angel But I’m just a girl in trouble I don’t think I’m in danger no I’m not in danger I know I’m not in danger
5.	Happily Ever After 05:31	lyrics	buy track
She was eighteen He a few months younger He took her to places she would have never dared to go Is that the sun or the moon she could ask him He took the lead and the child in her felt home Happily ever ever after A girl What were her hopes then To win her father’s love in this boy Her wedding-dress was white with red red roses Her knowledge of the old ways still asleep There were no silverbelts no courting parties Her mom and dad so glad she was out of sin Happily ever ever after Just kids So full of dreams then And there was no one there to show the way She was eighteen He a few months younger He took her to places she would have never dared to go Is that the sun or the moon she could ask him He took the lead and the child in her felt home Her wedding-dress was white with red red roses Her knowledge of the old ways still asleep There were no silverbelts no courting parties Just her mom and dad so glad she was out of sin Happily ever ever after A girl What were her hopes then To win her father’s love in this boy Happily ever ever after Just kids So full of dreams then But there was no one there to show the way
6.	2-4-6-7-8-9 in One 05:02	lyrics	buy track
How do you know who you are when you’re 2-4-6-7-8-9- in One Where do you go There are too many crossroads in your mind Where is your God? I see billions of saviours around Where is your God? I see billions of saviours around Give me come give me a reason to believe 2-4-6-7-8-9- in One Give me Come give me a reason to believe 2-4-6-7-8-9- in One How do you know who you are When you’re 2-4-6-7-8-9- in One Where do you go There are too many crossroads in your mind Where is your God? I see billions of saviours around Where is your God? I see billions of saviours around Give me come give me a reason to believe Give me come give me a reason to believe 2-4-6-7-8-9- in One
7.	Yes 04:19	lyrics	buy track
Take me with you take me with you take me with you to the water Take me with you take me with you take me with you through the fire The jukebox jingles conception We’re melting We’re riding right into the eye of the storm The carpet reminds me of something We’re rising We’re falling I got you and you got me Take me with you take me with you take me with you to the water Take me with you take me with you take me with you through the fire My breath dampens your shoulder We’re swinging We’re drifting shipwrecked to a salty shore Your skin is painted by sunlight We’re sailing We trickle away I can feel your heartbeat Take me with you take me with you take me with you to the water
8.	Teepee Room 05:28	lyrics	buy track
This teepee-room for me is filled with you Laughing friends a song your wish to fly January February cold Wishful stories written in the dark You say I’m holding you with velvet chains Me I’m drawn to your heart of stone This teepee-room embraces like a home And nobody has loved you the way I do This teepee-room for me is filled with you Laughing friends a song your wish to fly January February cold Wishful stories written in the dark You say I’m holding you with velvet chains Me I’m drawn to your heart of stone This teepee-room embraces like a home And nobody has loved you the way I do
9.	This Is My Heart 05:21	lyrics	buy track
This is my heart It is a good heart Weaves a membrane of mist and fire when we speak love in the flower world My heart is close enough to sing to you in a language with no clumsy human words. This is my head It is a good head Whirs inside with a swarm of worries. What is the source of this mystery Why can’t I see it right here right now As real as these hands hammering the world together This is my soul It is a good soul It tells me “Come here, forgetful one” We sit together We cook a little something to eat then a sip of something sweet, for memory This is my song It is a good song Walked forever the border of fire and water of fire and water to sing to you It’s new wings quiver with vulnerability Come lie next to me Put your head here My heart is close enough to sing
10.	Twin Soul 04:12	lyrics	buy track
Twin soul Ever I‘ll roam Until the day you find me Twin Soul How could you know I’d move a mountain for you Softly whisper my name No matter where you are Moonlight lovers refrain Sweet-scented lullaby Each kiss A moment of bliss Another divine illusion Twin Heart While we're apart Lost in a mad confusion Each touch never enough A bitter and lonely game Fly on a wing and a prayer You’ll find me here Alone Twin Soul Life is so precious I feel your breath on mine Twin soul Open your eyes It's no surprise I'm here Yearning burning inside Mystical glorious light Twin Soul I give you my heart Yours from the start My love
11.	Adine & Isak (My Treasures – Mu Golli Guovttos) 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Gea movt gieddi suotnjarastá ja vuhtoda mu Biegga njávká várrugasat juohke rási Unna heavnnáš lea maid bargan Son lea goððan diamánttaid Ulddaláiggiin čiŋahan lea juohke ráiggi Gea movt čuovga suotnjá sisa ja rievdada buot Gea movt gavjjat dánsugohtet jearakeahttá Oh mu čoavji čagalduvvá go dat olle mu ge lusa Áiggun dušše doallat gitta Agibeaivái Gea movt beškoš sáttahalla ja dearvvaha mu Son lea dahkan beasi dohko bajás rohppái Beivviid miehttá lea son bargan Fargga leat sus čivggat máŋggat De ii ábut ráfehuhttit dušše veaháš
12.	Crowded Streets of Blue 07:14	lyrics	buy track
Years and years she looked for him in crowded streets so blue Patiently she traced his steps and learned that he'd just left A vision living in her veins The elders singing tales Within the shadow of these words your beauty is to be found She lived her life so recklessly all soaked in liquid pain Moving always restlessly she never dared to stay The morning sky did reach for him so much she had to say She could never give it up his love was all she had Then one silvery winter day they said that he had wed A lover from the underworld with black hair thick as night And all he touched turned into coal How could he curse their love The one she wants to give her all was not the one to come The Ancient mothers carried her from coastline through the towns Years and years still she did roam as though she lost her heart She danced for him into the night and waved her silk of red A feather fell out from the sky as if it were a sign Of all the cities in the world she came back to the one With nothing but her lover‘s words she had to face the truth What would she do with all of him What would she have to say With youth and beauty gone astray she simply had to go Then one late September day They told he‘d left a note Still my lady I am here More settled in myself I hear you‘re searching for someone Somebody says it‘s me I have no gold nor property My weary soul is all I am No one knows how long she ran She‘s running to this day And no one knows how long he sat He‘s waiting every day And neither can break from the curse They circle in the dark And now and then there is a voice Whispering: Stay, oh stay Years and years she looked for him In crowded streets so blue Patiently she traced his steps And learned that he‘d just left A vision living in her veins The elders singing tales: Within the shadow of these words Your beauty is to be found

about

It’s a debut in a two fold respect: Sami singer Mari Boine’s first album completely in English and her first album for the label MPS, recorded by producer Tobias Frøberg. A melancholic, spherical pop sound meets a sophisticated lyrical concept.
“Some melodies I pick from the trees like fruit”, says Mari Boine about her songwriting process. The singer has been the unofficial ambassador of the Sami people in the far north of Scandinavia for more than two decades, but she is also a poet in tune with nature. But of course, songwriting doesn’t always come this easy. “Other songs are harder to shape”, adds Boine.

credits

released March 3, 2017

Producer: Tobias Frøberg
Keyboards, piano: Robert Elvosson, Tobias Frøberg
Drums: Lars Skoglund
Percussion: Tobias Frøberg
Guitars, kantele: Johan Norberg
Bass: Thobias Gabrielsson, Tobias Frøberg
Cello, additional vocals: Linnea Olsson
Additional vocals on Happily Ever After: Sofia Karlsson
Piano: Martin Hederos
Arrangements: Frøberg, Elvosson, Boine & Skoglund
Recorded by Tobias Frøberg at The Bigger Pink, Viklau Gotland and by Conny Wall at Gig Studio, Stockholm
Mari vocal on Some Say I Got Devil
Recorded by Erlend Mokkelbost at Arc Studio, Oslo Mixed by Tobias Frøberg
Mastering: Christofer Stannow, Cosmos Mastering
Photos by Gregor Hohenberg
Artwork: Büro Dirk Rudolph

Chasing Myself Into Reality with friendly permission of Drive Music obo Poet Tree Music and Imagem Music GmbH
See The Woman with friendly permission of Drive Music obo Poet Tree Music, Imagem Music GmbH, Wixen Music Publishing Inc. and Edition Bjorlund AB

I would like to thank the following people, some for their great work and contribution, some for feedback and support, others for generosity, inspiration and friendship during my work on this album:

Nomzi Kumalo, OJ Myklebust, Irene Persen, Moana Maniapoto, Elle Máijá Klefstad Bær, Haakon-Marius Pettersen, David Roback, Rawdna Carita Eira, Polly Samuel aka Donna Williams, Joy Harjo, Melanie, Katja Maria Werker, Cristina Ruiz-Kellersmann, Erlend Mokkelbost, Aud Karin Bjørn, Kristi Nolen, Gerry & Todd Nolen, Irene Mattsson, Yvonne Thomassen, Carlos Jeldes, Tor Ivan Boine, Harald Tømte, Atomic Soul especially Anita H Wisløfff, Ida Carlsen & Bjørnar Paulsen, Edel-team especially Christian Kellersmann & Lorenz Portack, Erlend Mogaard Larsen, John Trudell Archives, Marry A. Somby, Harald Gaski, Faye Brown, Ana Ruiz, Cree Miller, Rita Verhoef-Papenburg, Fay Wildhagen, Trine Jørgensen, Ellisif Wilhelmsen, Karen Lewis, Patrik Uddèn, Glen Smith, Guri Dahl, Julie Skarland, Gregor Hohenberg, Annett Hohenberg, Sunniva at Juhl's Silver Gallery, Helge Guttorm, Line Kristoffersen, Sigvald Persen, Sol Siri, Fred Valstad and Sara Stødle.

A big thank you to producer Tobias Frøberg, all the musicians in Sweden contributing on this album and to Conny Wall at Gig Studio and my bynd in Norway.

A special thank you to my family Per Erland, Lásse, Katrine, Isak and Adine Persen, my brothers and sisters and all my other friends. You know who you are and that you are all dear to me. And last, but not least a big thank you to my audience.

Thanks to Fond for Lyd og Bilde for funding.

© 2017 Lean As

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Mari Boine Norway

Mari Boine is a singer, musician, songwriter and activist from Sápmi, Norway. Her music is infused with her Sami roots (joik), jazz, rock and electronic sounds. Mari has worked with artists like Jan Garbarek and Bugge Wesseltoft, and participated in the breathtaking video clip One World One Voice. Her solo album “Gula Gula” was released (internationally) on Peter Gabriel’s RealWorld label in 1990. ... more